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| Alston Meeting House | ||
| locality:- | Alston | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | meeting house | |
| locality type:- | quaker meeting | |
| coordinates:- | NY71934635 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7146 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
| references:- | Butler 1978 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 9) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Friends Meeting House / Grave Yd." |
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| evidence:- | text:- placename:- Alston Meeting House |
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| source data:- | : : Quaker Administrative History "ALSTON, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NY719464" "1668-1902 ... Allendale MM" "1981- ... Carlisle &Holm MM" |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1978 placename:- Alston Meeting House |
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| source data:- | Alston Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses
of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978 courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1490.jpg  click to enlargePR1491.jpg item:- private collection : 377 Images © Friends Historical Society |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WALLS TO BURIAL GROUND IN FRONT OF QUAKER MEETING HOUSE / / FRONT STREET / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73119 / NY7194746375" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Drystone walls with triangular coping stones to south and west sides; C20 wooden gate on east side is flanked by sections of drystone wall with flat copings. All these walls are c4 ft high, but the section of the east wall adjoining the Meeting House is c8 ft high of coursed rubble with segmental copings." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "QUAKER MEETING HOUSE / / FRONT STREET / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73118 / NY7193846381" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Meeting House, built at right angles to road, dated 1732. Coursed, squared rubble on plinth. Graduated stone-flagged roof with stone chimney to east end. Originally single-storey, 1st floor was added in 1764; originally 4-bay with mullioned 2-light windows, now 3-bay. Gabled porch has lintel dated 1732, but porch and single sashes with glazing bars on either side were added after 1848. Only one 2-light mullioned window has been retained; on 1st floor, it is blocked and painted in trompe l'oeil fashion." |
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